For a change it was over the Tamar and into Cornwall for our walk starting in Rilla Mill to explore the River Lynher, the Colquite Woodland, Stara Wood, Sutton and Plushabridge.
We were fortunate to have a day without rain, something unusual this year. Our walk started through the Colquite Wood looking down on a very full Lynher down the valley passing old quarries climbing to Uphill having passed Westcott House. The roadside adorned with snowdrops and the occasional daffodil. It was then down through the wood to the bridge crossing the river allowing us to explore Broad Wood and climb to the shelter where the volunteers gather who maintain the community owned woodlands, where morning coffee was taken.
It was then down again to the bridge to cross the river and continue through Stara wood until we reached a County Bridge which we crossed and then we mounted our first stile to allow us to follow the river along it on the righthand side which eventually took us back into Rilla Mill.
The walk continued climbing short but steep steps and the increasing number of stiles to take us out of the valley again, as we crossed three fields to enable us to
walk through Sutton, passing Sutton House, and the through the fields to drop down to Plushabridge before crossing more stiles and fields to return once more to Rilla Mill and The Manor House for lunch.
Peter M